Dr. Jean-Elie Malkin: Unique Chance to Fight and Eradicate Hepatitis C

On July 4, the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health hosted an event on behalf of the Hepatitis C Elimination Program. The name of the conference which was attended by many international experts from France was “The Way Forward”.

President of the ‘Global Alliance’, Jean Elie Malkin, talked about the importance of this event, and said it emphasized the elimination of Hepatitis C as one of the priorities for the government, because this epidemic has been shown to be a huge problem throughout Georgia.

“The Georgian Government emphasizes this is a first step to improve the whole health system,” said Dr, Malkin, assessing the Hepatitis C elimination program as a key priority to improving the whole health system in Georgia for the benefit of population.

Dr. Malkin also stressed the fact that, after the elimination of Hepatitis C, the next step will be a reform of Primary Health Care. He expressed the full support of ‘Global Alliance’ in this program.